§ 43-5-610 — Maintenance of central registry of records; availability of records.

(A) A State Case Registry must be maintained in the department that contains records with respect to: (1) each case in which services are being provided by the department pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; and (2) each support order established or modified in the State after September 30, 1998. (B) These records shall include standardized data elements for both parents or guardian including names, social security numbers and other uniform identification numbers, dates of birth, and case identification numbers, and contain other information as state and federal regulations may require. (C) Any records maintained pursuant to this section are available only to the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Department of Social Services, public welfare offices, central registries in other states, the Federal Parent Locator Service, offices of the clerks of court, and courts having jurisdiction in support or abandonment proceedings or actions and only for the purposes for which the records have been maintained. (D) This section remains in effect until the federal mandate requiring a state case registry is repealed.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 511, SECTION 1, eff July 1, 1986; 1997 Act No. 71, SECTION 45, eff June 10, 1997.